PING and PED

Bolivia–

     

Ranking (UN HDI): 113

Population: 10.67 million people

Literacy Rate: 91.2%

Gender, Female population with some secondary education: 47.58%

Dependency Ratio of the population:     <15:56.12         >65+8.33

Infant Mortality Rate(IMR): 33 per 1000 years

Life Expectancy at Birth: 67.26%

Rate of Natural Increase: 1.9%

% of population ages 15-49 with HIV / AIDS: .3%

Net Migration: -2.4%

Percent Urban: 67.65%

GDP PPP per capita: $5,650.43

Poverty, Percent of population living bellow $2 US per day: 23.4%

% of GDP spent on education: 7.6%

Unites Arab Emirates:

     

Ranking (UN HDI): 40

Population: 9.35 million people

Literacy Rate: 90%

Gender, Female population with some secondary education: 62.7%

Dependency Ration of Population:  <15: 19.36    >65+: .61

Infant Mortality Rate(IMR): 7 per 1000 deaths

Life Expectancy at Birth: 76.84%

Rate of Natural Increase: 15.26%

% of population with HIV / AIDS: .2%

Net Migration: 11.4%

Percent Urban: 84.95%

GDP PPP per capita: $57,004.58

Poverty, Percent of population living under $2 per day: 19.5%

% of GDP spent on education: 1.6%

CONCLUSION: Bolivia is a developing country in South America. Its ranking is 113 with a population of 10.67 million people. The Infant Mortality Rate is 33 per 1000 deaths. The net migration is -2.4%. The United Arab Emirates is a developed country. Its ranking is 40 with a population of 9.35 million people. The Infant Mortality Rate is 7 per 1000 deaths. The net migration is 11.4%. Overall Bolivia and the United Arab Emirates are very different and it is very obvious that Bolivia is still developing and the UAE is developed when looking at their ranks.

Chapter 11: Frontier Review- Katie D.

Hello, I am Katie D. and I’m in the 9th grade. Traveling is a passion of mine and I love to visit and experience new places. My travels include, Washington, D.C., Colorado, Oklahoma, Michigan, Florida, California, North Carolina, New York, and Hawaii. I have not yet traveled out of the country, but I wish to soon. Other than English I’m not fluent in any other language, but I am currently enrolled in Latin at my school. I was born in Maryland and moved to Texas when I was four. I have lived in Lakeway since.

In chapter 11, Frontier, Ken Jennings expresses his thoughts on how maps are shifting and changing, because of the new technology that surrounds our world today.Google Maps is one of the main corporations destroying paper maps. Ken explains how Google Maps has been getting too involved in the making of maps and that they even have been sending representatives to the meetings of the UN committee on place-names. Ken wrote, “The fact that a single company… Has this much authoritative influence on world maps is worrisome.” (Jennings, 218) According to Ken maps will soon, “Mcdonaldlize in which maps will become fast food: cheap and omnipresent but driven by distant, unaccountable corporations concerned more with ad revenue than quality.”  (Jennings, 218) Ken Jennings concluded this chapter by comparing paper maps and GPS. While he was in a cab the driver used GPS. During his drive the driver got lost twice. He then suggest that maybe paper maps will stick around longer than we think.

Overall I personally enjoyed reading chapter 11, because it informed me of the upcoming changes of maps I can expect in the future. I prefer GPS over paper maps, because the accessibility of a GPS is more convenient. Similar to Ken Jennings I also have also had problems with GPS before. But, we have to remember GPS is fairly new and may have problems now, but In time all systems errors will slowly be fixed and improved.